Effect of fish, starch and salt contents on the microstructure and expansion of fish crackers ('keropok')

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 879-885

  Cheow, C S ^a   Yu, S Y ^b   Howell, N K ^c   Che Man, Y ^b   Muhammad, Karidah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Keropok'; Fish muscle bundles; Linear expansion; Microscopy; Salt; Tapioca starch

Indexed keywords

FOOD ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032931126     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(19990501)79:6<879::AID-JSFA295>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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